Secrets From Another World - COMPLETED (Free to Read)

Chapter Seven - Falling

Chapter Seven - Falling

After three hours of walking in knee high snow, again, I began to fall every other step. My legs were giving out and I was sweating to death under all the clothing. Midnight growled every time I squished him and I apologized repeatedly.

"Let's take a break," Ian announced.

I plopped backwards into the snow and let out a loud sigh of relief. "How many more miles do we have to go?"

Ian looked to me like he really didn't want to answer my question but after a few seconds he finally spoke, "Twenty."

I gasped and the frozen air scrapped down into my lungs causing me to choke. After coughing a few times, I looked back to Ian with wide eyes. He walked over to me and took Midnight out of the back pack for a little bit then helped me to sit up.

"How far have we gone?" I asked, hoping it was at least three.

"One and a half," he squinted his eyes in preparation for my response but it wasn't necessary, I remained calm, on the outside, but on the inside I was ready to scream.

Ian took two meal packages out of my backpack for us and a can of Midnights favorite food. The freeze dried food tasted horrible but my empty stomach appreciated it.

As we ate our food I had a burning question to ask him but didn't have the courage to do so. I wanted to know why he kissed me earlier but I was afraid I already knew the answer.

He probably only kissed me to get me to stop hyperventilating. If that was the case, I didn't want him to see my embarrassment from wishing it was something more. I felt myself falling for him but I was fighting the feelings and losing to them all the same.

After our freeze dried meal we continued on. The wind picked up in the late afternoon and I was glad I had the goggles on. Snow began to fall a few hours before sunset and became so thick that we couldn't see where we were going.

With the wind howling and whipping all around us, Ian couldn't hear me hyperventilating. I feared I would faint and be lost in the blizzard. Ian had to tie a rope connecting ourselves to each other so we wouldn't lose one another. That allowed my fear to fade, only a little. Under the overalls, I was soaked with sweat and freezing. The temperature was dropping and my soaked body was feeling the effects.

"We are going to have to sleep here for the night," Ian called out over the howling wind.

"Okay," I shouted in return.

I unbuckled the backpack as Ian did and helped him set up the tent. He threw the backpacks and sleeping bags in and then yelled for me to climb in first. After he climbed in, he zipped the two doors of the tent and I couldn't believe how warm it was already becoming inside.

"Wow, this tent is amazing. Nice choice. I'm feeling warm already but I'm soaked under these clothes," I commented to him.

He stopped unrolling his sleeping bag to look to me. "This is just a standard sturdy tent, nothing too special. It's your own self-healing warming you. You will eventually dry but you can take some of the clothes off now if you want too," he said and then continued to fix his sleeping bag.

I felt stupid. I then let Midnight out of the backpack and unrolled our sleeping bags.

"Do you need to go outside Midnight?" I knew I did.

[Yes, please.]

"Okay, I do too," I admitted.

"Stay next to the tent," Ian reminded us.

I took off my overalls before going out. I couldn't do what I needed to do while trapped in them.

The bitter wind and snow bit at my face as it blew furiously. I tried my best to hurry but with my freezing exposed areas, it took a little longer. I noticed Midnight was having the same difficulties as I was.